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| order        = 2nd
| order        = 2nd
| office      = Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
| office      = Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
| blankname = Speaker
| dataname = [[Zakir Hussain]]
| term_start  = 19 April 1962
| term_start  = 19 April 1962
| term_end    = 16 November 1969
| term_end    = 16 November 1969
| predecessor  = [[S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao]]
| predecessor  = [[S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao]]
| successor    = [[B. D. Khobragade]]
| successor    = [[B. D. Khobragade]]
| office1      = [[Member of the Rajya Sabha]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]]
| office1      = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start1  = 3 April 1952
| term_start1  = 3 April 1952
| term_end1    = 2 April 1960
| term_end1    = 2 April 1960
| constituency1 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]]
| predecessor1 =  
| predecessor1 =  
| successor1  =  
| successor1  =  
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| known_for  = '''First Woman''' [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]}}
| known_for  = '''First Woman''' [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]}}


'''Violet Hari Alva''' (24 April 1908 – 20 November 1969) was an Indian lawyer, journalist and politician, and [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha|Deputy Chairperson]] of the [[Rajya Sabha]], and member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC).<ref name="death">{{cite newspaper |title=Violet Alva dead |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=20 November 1969 |pages=1, 6}}</ref><ref name="rj">{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/deputy_chairman/former_deputy_chairmen.asp|title=Former Deputy Chairmen of the Rajya Sabha|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] Official website}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.veethi.com/india-people/violet_alva-profile-4327-19.htm|title=Violet Alva|website=veethi.com|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref> She was the first woman lawyer to appear before a High Court in India and the first to preside over the [[Rajya Sabha]].
'''Violet Hari Alva''' (24 April 1908 – 20 November 1969) was an Indian lawyer, journalist and politician, and [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha|Deputy Chairperson]] of the [[Rajya Sabha]], and member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC).<ref name="death">{{cite news |title=Violet Alva dead |newspaper=The Indian Express |date=20 November 1969 |pages=1, 6}}</ref><ref name="rj">{{cite web|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/deputy_chairman/former_deputy_chairmen.asp|title=Former Deputy Chairmen of the Rajya Sabha|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] Official website}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.veethi.com/india-people/violet_alva-profile-4327-19.htm|title=Violet Alva|website=veethi.com|access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref> She was the first woman lawyer to appear before a High Court in India and the first to preside over the [[Rajya Sabha]].


==Early life==
==Early life==